One-piece lined box



Sept. 18, 1951 w. A. RINGLER 2,568,170

l I ONE-PIECE LINED BOX Filed may 18, 194e 2 sheets-sheet 1 Mmmm ATTORNEYS.

W. A. RINGLER` 2,568,170

ONE-PIECE LINED BOX Sept. 18, 1951 Filed May 18, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 18, 1951 essaim .ONE-PIECE LINED BOX William A. Ringler, Wayne, Pa., assigner to llhey Carton Co., V a Icorporation 'Gardner Board and of Ohio Appucauon May 1s, 194e, semina. 670,799

n.part yof ,the '.box,v .holding various `parts together,

as .well `as assisting .-in the .setting .up operation by causing .boxboardlelements .to yfold with .respect yto eachother,

It is Amy object .to Yprox/tide .aflined box which `may .be shipped in .tlat @orknooked .down condi'- `tion, `and which .may easily `be '.erected, 1filled 1and .closed by .-hand Operations, where desired, 1but is also susceptible of .being handledlbymechanism.

.It iisan object of my invention .to provide `a box .whichmay be tightly -closedso as .to valord .adequateprotection '.to Lthe contents, and which may be sealed, as -hereinafter taught, if desired.

It is, my object to provide a .box lhaving .the qualities set 'forth `Awhich may .also have .the .advantage .of a ,covered window .through which the ycontents may be observed, and in .this vconnection .to .reduce 'the cost off manufacture of such boxes. f

These and other objects off `thelinvention which will 'be vset 'forth hereinafter or will be apparent to one skilled in the 'art' upon reading Jthese speci- 'fica'tions I accomplish in that lprocedure and in fthat construction and arrangemento'f parts of which "I shall now describe .certain exemplary embodiments.- Reference is made Ito the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 'lis a plan view oi the paperboard blank for one .form of ,mybox, showing alsohow a liner sheet is associated therewith.v

Figure 2 'is a plan view of a box with the Vend 'wall members'folded'in, and Vis illustrative of the 4form in which the 'knocked-down structure =is shippedtoitheuser or packer.

'Figure `3 is a perspective view showing a step in :the operation "of erecting the box. Y Figure 4 is a-perspectiveview of a djig'which maybe-used tol hold the erected box'during filling and closing.

Figure 4v5 is Ha 'perspective view Vshowing the erected 'boxin'thejjig Figure 6 isa similar View showing `thebox-in filled conditionl this purpose.

Figure 7 is a similar view showing the lled box inclosed condition.

Figure 8 is a plan view showing a modilied blank, with both sides or" which a liner sheet has .been associated.

i Figure 9 shows a box formed from `the blank 'of Figure V8 in erected condition and held in a jig.

Figure 10 is a similar perspective View illustrative .of Ya `rnode of sealing the box.

Referring to Figure 1, it will be seen that I have provided a paperboard blank having a bottorn wall "i to the ends of which are articulated end wall members `2 and -3. Side wall members .Il and '.5 are articulated to the sides of the bottom wall. A cover'panel 5 is articulated to the side- Wall'.

Bellows-iolding portions 7, 8, '9` and Il) connect Yrespectively the ends of the side and end walls, and these portions Vare diagonally scored as shown.

The `two vend vwalls 2 and f3 carry flanges Il and l2; and a flange I3 is borne bythe side wall `4. The meeting corners of these flanges are gpreferably `cut awayfdiagonally as shown.

The vcover l panel 6 may carry a flange lli proivided with locking tongues l5 and YI6, there being `corresponding locking slits il and I3 in the side Wall yil. The cover wall G may be provided with afwindow opening le A.where desired. A

Thecblank Vis made from paper-board in the usual way by cutting and'scoring. It may be printed rupon its outer surface. The next step in 'the `manufacture .of my boxis theassociation of a liner sheet 29 with the inside surface vof the zblank. The liner sheet isapproximately thefull .size tof the rectangle in which the blank would large as the blank in every other direction and may -be larger. Thus l-have no problem of spotting and accurately'locating a smaller sheet of "flexible material Von a blank of larger dimensions, nor Ado -I `reduire the-conventional apparatus for My blanks, on the contrary, may be passed Aindividually through a simple machine -in `which *adhesive 4vfor the liner sheet `is applied to the'blanksin the areas shadedinFigure l, 'the 'blanksmoving say, inthe direction of the length "of :the sidewalls, whereupon a continuous length of the liner material may l'be brought against the blanks. When the adhesive has set, the blanks may be 'separated lby cutting the liner material between the blanks. Other modes of association using individual sheets of the liner material may be employed.

It will be noted in Figure 1 that the liner 1s adhered to the bottom wall I, the corner connecting portions 'I, 8, 9 and IIJ, the fiange members II, I2 and I3, and to the cover panel 6. Elsewhere the liner may be left free of the blank.

The liner may be of any suitable, flexible sheet material. It will usually be chosen or made in view of desired requirements for proofness. Thus I may select glassine or parchment, or various forms of paper, or I may select any of the nonbrous films of commerce, or a laminated metal foil, or the like. In the further formation of my box it will be necessary to adhere parts of the liner to each otherI and while this may be done with an application of adhesive, it is convenient to do so by heat sealing alone. Some non-fibrous films possess the inherent property of heat-sealability. Other materials may be precoated with a heat-sealable thermoplastic. Ordinary moisture-proof cellophane has such a coating and is -lieat-sealable to itself, for which reason it serves my purpose very well.

The next step in the formation of my box is to fold the end walls, the connecting portions, and

the end Wall flanges inwardly as indicated in Figure 2, along the score lines separating the end walls from the bottom wall. The liner sheet is,

,of course, concurrently folded. The folding may .be accomplished in any standard carton folding and gluing machine; and if adhesive is to be applied, it may be done by spot gluing equipment arranged on such a machine. If, however, as I prefer, the adhesive unions next to be described are to be produced by the heat sealing of a liner sheet havingsuch characteristics, adhesive will not be applied, but the machine may be equipped with heating' devices timed to accomplish the unions. These operations may also be performed by'A hand if desired. In any event, following the described folding, I produce adhesive unions in the areas shaded in Figure 2 and marked with the numerals 2|, 22, 23 and 24. It will be noted that one triangular half of each corner bellowsfolding portion is adhered to an end of the side walls 4 and 5,'through the liner sheet, and that beyond these'areas the folded portions of the liner sheet are adhered together in the aforesaid areas bounded on one end by a prolongation of 'the diagonal score lines.

The structure shown in Figure 2 is the knockeddown form of my box, and is the form in which it is shipped to the box user.

As will be seen from Figure 3, my box is very easily erectable either by hand or by machine. It is necessary only to pull upwardly on the end wall flanges I I and I2. This erects the end walls 2 and 3, and the coaction of the bellows-folding corner portions and the adhered and unadhered portions of the liner results in the erection of the side walls 4 and 5.

The erected structure is then conveniently placed in some sort of holder or jig which will maintain the erected form of a box during the operation of filling. I have shown such a jig in Figure 4 as a sheet metal structure havingI a base 25, a back wall 26, and a front wall which for the blank of Figure 1 is divided into spaced sections 21, 28 and 29. The erected box is shown engaged in the jig in Figure 5.

When the desired contents 30 have been loaded into the box, the end and side wall flanges II, I2 and I3 are folded over inwardly as shown in Figure 6, and the box may be closed by swinging the top panel 6 downwardly. By bending over the ange I4 against the side wall 4 and by engaging the locking tongues I5 and I6 in the slots Il and I8, a secure closure may be obtained, as illustrated in Figure '7. The liner sheet has been left unadhered to the wall 4, so that this locking may be accomplished without disturbance or perforation of the liner. The liner is continuous throughout the entire body of the box, as will be clear, so that my structure is well adapted for the holding of contents which are moist or contain liquids.

It is also possible to heat-seal the box. This may be accomplished by means of adhesive applied to the outer side of the boxboard in the areas of the end and side wall aps I I, I2 and I3. Such adhesive may be applied to the flanges when the box is in the condition shown in Figure 6. It may also be pre-applied to the blank. Yet again it may be applied to marginal portions of the cover panel, either before or after the erection of the box. By these means the cover panel may be adhered to the end and side wall flanges; and in such a box the flange I4 on the cover, the locking tongues I5 and I6, and the slits I'I and I8 may be omitted.

In. Figure 8 I have illustrated a blank without the flange, tongues and slits. The remaining parts are similar to those in Figure 1, and like parts have been given like index numerals. A sheet 20 of liner material has not only been associated with the inside surface of the blank, but a sheet 3| has been associated with the outer surface of the blank in like manner or preferably by overall adhesion. This structure will be folded and adhered as has been described in Figure 2. It can be erected, placed in a jig, and filled in a similar fashion. The use of the heat-sealable liner sheets on both sides of the blank not lonly gives added protection to the contents, but when the box has been brought to the condition shown in Figure 9, it enables me to swing the cover panel 6 down against the end and side wall flanges II, I2 and I3, and then seal the cover to these flanges, as by a heated member 32 indicated in dotted lines in Figure 10. For example, if both sides of the blank have been covered with moisture-proof cellophane, my box may readily be sealed shut in the fashion just described, the seal being to all intents and purposes an hermetic seal and being of sufiicient strength to hold the box closed in spite ofthe strains of handling and shipment.

Modifications may be made in my invention without departing from the spirit of it; and it will be evident that the size and specific shape of the illustrated box forms no limitation herein. Having thus described my invention in an exemplary embodiment, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A box comprising a paperboard blank cut and scored to present a bottom panel, end wall members articulated to the ends of said bottom wall panel, side wall members articulated to the sides of said bottom wall panel, a top panel articulated to a side wall member, and bellowsfolding members lying between the ends of said end and side Wall members and articulated to each, and a liner in the form of'a sheetof liexible material extending freely beyond said bellowsfolding members in at least one direction, and adhered to said blank at least within the areas of said top and bottom wall panels and said bellows-folding portions, said end wall members and one of said side wall members having articuassesses lated .flanges to froid overeontents 'in :the erected i box, said flanges bearing on their outer surfaces a thermoplastically scalabley substance whereby said -eover panel may be adhered to said E'flanges in the 4erected ibex.'

V2. A box 4'comprising :a l.paperbeard blank cut and scored to v-present a bottom panel. end lwall members articulated to Ithe ends -of rsaid lbottom wall panelfside wall members articulated 1to the sides of said bottom '-wall panel, =a 'top spanel .-f 'articulated toa side -w-all` member, 'and bellows- AVfolding members lying between the :endsof :said end and side wall members and articulated Lto eachfand a liner in lthe `formof fa sheet o'i exible 4material covering said blank and extending freely s;

panels and -including ihalf each of the bellowsfolding portions, `whereby when said end walls are raised, the result of the combined action of the liner and the blank will be to "erect lthe side walls with respect to the bottom of the said box.

3. The structure claimed in claim 2 in which a window opening is formed in said top panel and is covered by said liner sheet which `is of transparent character.

-4. A processof producingpackages whichicomprises providing a paperboardl blank Ahaving af bottom panel, side and -end walls articulated thereto, bellows-'folding 4corner bconnections zarticulated to the ends respectively of the side and end walls, -a -top -panel articulated to one of the side walls and Ailanges upon 'the other -side wall and said vend walls, associating a liner sheet with said blank so as to cover all of the named parts and adhering said liner sheet atleast to 'said top and "bottom "panels, lsaid corner connecting portions and said flanges, folding said blank and liner on lines of articulation adjacent the ends of the body panel, adhering lapping portions of said liner together in areas off the ends of said end walls and including halfportions of said bellows-folding portions. erecting the knocked-down structure so formed by pulling upwardly on said end wall anges whereby side and end walls are erected with respect to said bottom panel, placing the erected structure in a jig to hold it in erected condition, lling it, v

folding said flanges inwardly, swinging downwardly and securing said top panel to close the box, and removing the filled and closed box from said jig.

5. The process claimed in claim 4 in which said top panel has a flange and means for engaging and locking with 'one of said side walls, and in which said jig has portions cut away to permit said locking prior to the removal of the filled and closed package from said jig.

6. A box comprising a paperboard blank cut and scored to present a bottom panel, end wall members articulated to the ends of said bottom wall panel, side wall members articulated to the sides of said bottom Wall panel, a top panel articulated to a side wall member, and bellowsfolding members lying between the ends of said end and side wall members and articulated to each, said end wall members and one of said side wall members having articulated flanges f-.to-iold over contents of' the erected xbox. `and a iliner 'in the =orm fof "asheetlof, iiexiblematerial extending llaterally to the `.outer :edges iof v-said end flanges?, and freely 4vbeyond 'said bellows.- .fold-ing members Latffleast to the outer edges :of

said =end -Wall langes, the outer .edge rof said side wall flange-and thefouter edge of said -cover panel. -said A.liner being adhered to said blank at `least 'within the areas `lof said bellows-folding yportions and said iianges box comprising Ia paperboard blank out fandfscored topresent a bottom panel, lend wall members articulated to the ends of -said 'bottom wal-l panel, side wall -members .ari-.'iculated -to ythe `sides =of said "bottom wall lpanel, a ltop .panel articulated lto =a side .wa'll member, A'and 'bellows- `folding-members lying between the ends of :said end and side wall members and articulated l:to each,andalinerfin-the form of 'ia sheet-of ilexible material extending ffreely beyond said bellows.- foldingmembers in-at least one=direction, `andadhered to said blank at least within the areas lof Vsaid l'top and'bottom -wall panels and-said bellowsfldingportions, said end -wall `members and -one of Asaid Iside wall members leaving articulated flanges to fold over contents inthe erected lbox, there 'being a 4second liner 4sheet ycovering 4the opposite vsur-face of said lpaperboard blank, said liners Vv'both having the property `of `heat sealability, said 'end wall members, vtheir flanges,

'andthe adjacent vbellows-'folding portions `being infolded along lines -of `fold adjacent the ends of said bottom panel, said liner sheets being similarly iflded, and lapping portions 'of vsaid liner sheets being adhered together in Aareas lying *off the ends of 'saidgend wall panels vand including `a #half Vportion Aeach `of said `bellows folding portions, -whereby when said end wall members and their Vflanges are raised, ther-side wall members willbe erected with frespec't Lto the botto'inipan'el, said lastmentioned liners'heet Vserving as means wherebyA said `cover 'panel may be yadhered to said iianges when lsaid -flangesfare turned inwardly over 'the rcon'tents of Ltheferecte'd box.

8. A box comprising a paperboard blank cut and scored to present a bottom panel, end wall members articulated to the ends of said bottom Wall panel, side wall members articulated to the sides of said bottom wall panel, a top panel articulated to a side wall member, and bellowsfolding members lying between the ends of said end and -side wall members and articulated to each, and a liner in the form of a sheet of exible material covering said blank and extending freely beyond said bellows-folding members in at least one direction, and adhered to said blank at least Within the areas of said top and bottom wall panels and said bellows-folding portions, and having said end wall panels and portions of said liner lying beyond the ends of said bottom wall panel in infolded condition, the lapping portions of the liner being adhesively secured to each other only in areas lying off the ends of said end wall panels and including half each of the bellows-folding portions` whereby when said end Walls are raised, the result of the combined action of the liner and the blank will be to erect the side Walls with respect to the bottom of the said box, said liner sheet being heat sealable and said last mentioned adhesive union being -of a heat scalable type in which lapping portions of said liner are joined to each other.

9. A box comprising a paperboard blank cut and scored to present a bottom wall panel, end

wallmembers articulated to,` the ends of said bottom wall panel, sidefwallmembers articulated to the sides of said bottom .Wall panel, atop panel articulated to a side wall member, and diagonally scored corner portions lying between the ends of said end and side Wall members and articulated to each, and a liner in the form .of a sheet of flexible material covering said blank and extending freely beyond saidcorner portions in two directions, said liner being adhered to said blank at least within the areas of vsaid top and bottom wall panels and said corner portions, said end wall panels and portions of said liner lying beyond the end of said bottom panel being in infolded condition, with lapping portions of said liner lying beyond saiddiagonal score lines and their prolongations adhesively secured to each other, whereby when said en d walls are erected, the lapped portionszof the liner will coactwith the blank to erect the side walls and top panel with respect to the bottom of said box.

10. The structure claimed-in claim 9 in which the liner sheet is heat sealable and theadhesive union between lapped portions of the liner is of a heat sealable nature.

11. The structure claimed in claim 10 in which said end walls and one of said side walls have articulated anges to fold over contents placed in the erected box, and said cover panel having a flange with means engaging said last mentioned side wall member, said iianges bearing on the outer surfaces a thermoplastically sealable substance whereby said cover panel may be adhered to said iianges in the erected box.

l2. A box comprising a paperboard blank cut and scored to present a bottom panel, end wall members articulated to the ends of said bottom wall panel, side wall members articulated to the sides of said bottom Wall panel, a top panel articulated to a side wall member, and bellowsfolding members lying between the ends of said end and side wall members and articulated to each, and a liner in the form of a sheet of flexible material covering said blank and extending freely beyond said bellows-folding members in at least one direction, and adhered to said blank at least within the areas of said top and bottom wall panels and said bellows-folding portions, and having said end wall panels and portions of said liner, lying beyond the ends of said bottom wall panel in infolded condition, the lapping portions of the liner ,being adhesively secured to each other only in areas lying off the ends of said endwall panels and including half each of the bellows-folding portions, whereby when said end walls are raised, the result of the combined action of the liner and the blank Will be to erect the sidewalls with respect to the bottom of the said box, said liner sheet being heat sealable and said last mentioned adhesive union being of aA heat sealable type in which lapping portions of ,said liner are joined to each other, said end walls and one of said side walls having articulated flanges to fold over contents placed in the erected box, and said cover panel having a flange with locking means engaging said last mentioned side wall member.v

WILLIAM A. RINGLER.

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